In the eight years since the financial crisis, the derivatives industry has been playing a game of slow motion table tennis as it reacts to the swathe of new rules that regulators and politicians around the world have been batting its way in a bid to prevent a recurrence.
CONTINUE READINGThe Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 10 adopted rules setting out how the agency will determine whether or not a non-U.S. security-based swap dealer must register with the agency.
CONTINUE READINGJanuary set a record for cross-border trading at the Tokyo Commodity Exchange.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order approving the OCC’s plan to raise capital.
CONTINUE READINGLCH.Clearnet announced it has received formal clearinghouse status from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
CONTINUE READINGMoody's Investors Service in January published a new methodology for rating global clearinghouses.
CONTINUE READINGAfter years of discussion, the European Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in February ironed out their differences on the regulation of clearinghouses in the U.S. and Europe.
CONTINUE READINGOn Jan. 9, the Singapore Parliament approved a bill to implement the remaining aspects of Singapore's commitments to implement the G20 derivatives reforms.
CONTINUE READINGTriOptima, a post-trade infrastructure provider owned by ICAP, announced in January that it had terminated $98.5 billion in inflation swaps for 18 banks.
CONTINUE READINGA year ago, the blockchain was a mysterious technology that somehow powered the equally mysterious Bitcoin. But people in financial services learn quickly when there’s money on the line.
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